October 6, 2016

India calls Security Council unresponsive, ineffective

India: ‘The 15-nation Security Council, the principal organ tasked with the maintenance of peace and security, has in a variety of ways become unresponsive to the needs of our time and ineffective to meeting the challenges it is confronted with’

Why? For being indecisive on sanctioning leaders of organisations that it had designated as terrorist entities

The issue cropped up after China extended its ‘technical hold’ on India’s bid for a U.N. ban on JeM chief Masood Azhar

Department of State’s 2016 Country Reports on Terrorism: ‘Pakistan has not taken sufficient action against groups such as Lashkar-e-Taiba (LeT) and Jaish-e-Mohammad (JeM), which continued to cooperate, train, organise, and fundraise in Pakistan

August 29, 2016

India plans anti-terror drive at NAM- II

Background: The run-up to the UNGA session has been tense after the Organisation of Islamic Cooperation (OIC) expressed deep concern over the situation in Jammu and Kashmir after Pakistan reached out to the OIC over the issue

UN focus on terror: Given the number of terror attacks globally, terrorism has moved up UN’s agenda and many states are restless and desire UN to take a more active role

Kashmir not involved: India’s strategy for the CCIT is independent of its strategy to counter Pakistan on Kashmir as it is a bilateral issue

August 29, 2016

India plans anti-terror drive at NAM- I

News: India is planning a major diplomatic outreach ahead of the 71st session of the United Nations General Assembly in order to push through the ‘Comprehensive Convention on International Terrorism’ (CCIT)

CCIT: Addresses, among other things, the issue of Pakistan’s alleged support for cross-border terrorism in south Asia

Will be launched during the September 13-18 Non Aligned Movement summit in Venezuela

UNGA focus: Global mood on the CCIT will be tested in NAM summit in Venezuela, which is just prior to United Nations General Assembly [UNGA]

And, following India’s interactions at the NAM, the tactics for the CCIT will be fine tuned for UNGA

August 24, 2016

U.S.’ security assistance to Pakistan falls by 73% since 2011

Reason: Deterioration in ties following the killing of Osama bin Laden in a Navy SEALs raid on his Abbottabad hideout and a U.S. airstrike on a Pakistani border post in Salala that killed 24 Pakistani soldiers

Context: The report prepared for the U.S. Congress by the Congressional Research Service (CRS)

There is also a 53% decrease in economic assistance since 2011

Earlier this month, the Pentagon decided not to pay $300 million in military reimbursements to Islamabad